Here was a woman who through a very unassuming personal action triggered a whole movement, ... I want to pay homage to that. As a white person, I find it particularly extraordinary that her act was such a universal message. It did as much for me as any minority in our society.
Quotes about unassuming (16 Quotes)
Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury -- to me these have always been contemptible. I assume that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best for both the body and the mind.
All the credit for this unexpected surge goes to Carlisle, who's as quick to deflect praise as he is to accept criticism. His players though, are not so unassuming. Rick Carlisle has to be Coach of the Year, ... If you have great players, it's easy to win. If you take away those players, it has to be the coach. Take away the top two or three players from any other team and ask me if they'd be in position to compete.
Bert is truly the Renaissance man. He's been a successful businessman. He's been very active in community affairs. He is a generous philanthropist and he's a wonderful family man. He does it all in a quiet, unassuming way.
When the conduct of men is designed to be influenced, persuasion, kind unassuming persuasion, should ever be adopted. It is an old and true maxim that 'a drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gall.' So with men. If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend. Therein is a drop of honey that catches his heart, which, say what he will, is the great highroad to his reason, and which, once gained, you will find but little trouble in convincing him of the justice of your cause, if indeed that cause is really a good one.
He was friendly, courteous and unassuming. His course etiquette was wonderful, and I enjoyed playing with him often over the next two years before he went off to UK. He was also funny as hell, a trait I assume he also got from his dad, Maurice.
Instead of sitting in his office, he wanted to walk, so we would walk outside the court. There would be lots of tourists outside waiting to get into the court, anxious to see the action, and we would walk right by, with them not recognizing him, ... That was very much the way the chief was -- very unassuming, very straightforward about the way he went about his work. He was a very genuine, Midwestern man.
Thou unassuming common-place; Of Nature, with that homely face.
Whenever I meet people who seem really sweet and unassuming, I kind of wonder about them.
Thou unassuming commonplace Of Nature.
I've tried to maintain an uneasy balance between your friendly unassuming neighborhood pharmacist and Anthony Perkins in 'Psycho,'
He was a top man and a good professional. He was one of those who you know will never play a trick and you can ask him to do anything for you and he will. An unassuming man and a great loss to us all.
The unassuming youth seeking instruction with humility gains good fortune.
He just assumed that the time was so short, he hadn't served. He was born before the Great War, he was a child in the Roaring '20s, he graduated about the Depression and he married about World War II. These are very unassuming guys. It was a national responsibility, and you did your job.
I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.
George Shinn is the major reason why I'm here, ... I really like the man and respect him. He is a modest, unassuming man who cares about the right things. The NBA is filled with generous owners, and there's no owner that's more sincerely generous. His view on the people that are in the arena and in the community and in his staff he's a visionary, he's a leader. He needed a manager, and I think we've formed a very formidable duo. I believe in his vision, he believes in my ability to execute, and together I think we're doing something pretty special in New Orleans.